[14:18] <RoAkSoAx> 6a
[15:01] <raubvogel> When you install ubuntu it asks for an account with sudo (and other) rights. For some reason, when I am running synaptic or whatever gui-based program that needs to elevate rights, that is the account that is asked for (as opposite to the ldap account I am logged into as even though it has sudo rights). Is there a way to change that?
[15:03] <maxolasersquad> raubvogel: The password you type in /should/ be for the password for the currently logged-in user.
[15:03] <maxolasersquad> I don't have experience with ldap accounts, though I would assume it wouldn't be any different.
[15:04] <raubvogel> In my case, synaptic (to use an example) is  asking for my local/initial account password
[15:04] <maxolasersquad> What is the verbiage?
[15:06] <raubvogel> Ok. I was able to duplicate with update manager
[15:07] <raubvogel> "An application is attempting to perform an action that requires privileges. Authentication as the suer user is required to perform this action. Password for raub:"
[15:07] <raubvogel> s/suer/super/
[15:07] <raubvogel> I can check auth.log
[15:08] <maxolasersquad> What version of Ubuntu?
[15:09] <raubvogel> 11.10 and 10.10
[15:10] <maxolasersquad> In 11.10 I get a similar message, but the second part reads, "Authentication is required to perform this action.  Password:"
[15:11] <maxolasersquad> I wonder if there is behavior specific to ldap account.
[15:11] <maxolasersquad> I presume "sudo <command>" works fine.
[15:11] <raubvogel> maxolasersquad: I have the same message you get with, say, synaptic and a lot of other packages. But some will do that
[15:12] <raubvogel> Oh yeah. Sudo does that. However, person with problem is a Mac guy through and through.
[15:12] <raubvogel> Command line == witchcraft
[15:12] <raubvogel> ;)
[15:13] <maxolasersquad> It must be the GUI permissions tool (can't think of the name.)  It has other annoying behovior, like if you try to administrer a machine remotely.
[15:14] <raubvogel> On my machine (10.10), when I try the update manager, get the dialog message, and then close it, auth.log mentions nothing about my local (raub) user. http://pastebin.com/7Bx3Xm6W
[15:15] <maxolasersquad> policykit, that's the name of it
[15:29] <zoopster> raubvogel: is this because your ldap user is associated to the local user as described?
[15:29] <zoopster> raubvogel: or due to pam not picking up or redirecting auth correctly?
[15:48] <raubvogel> zoopster: local and ldap users have different usernames and uids (1000 vs 5019 for ldap)
[15:52] <raubvogel> We did that so we can make sure that, say, we can keep kerberos away from local users in /etc/pam.d/common-password